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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Greenwich 1927
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1927
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| Notifiable Diseases. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. | Number of Cases Removed to Hospital from each Locality. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At allAges. | At Ages—Years. | Greenwich East | Greenwich West | St. Nicholas, Deptford. | Charlton. | Kidbrooke. (h) | Greenwich East | Greenwich West | St. Nicholas, Deptford. | Charlton. | Kidbrooke. (h) | Total. | |||||||
| Under | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwards | |||||||||||||
| Polio Myelitis | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Small-Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Dysentery | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Diphtheria | 448 | 10 | 91 | 280 | 43 | 23 | 1 | ... | 174 | 139 | 41 | 82 | 12 | 172 | 139 | 41 | 82 | 12 | 446 |
| Membranous Croup | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 64 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 24 | 6 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 22 |
| Scarlet Fever | 486 | 1 | 110 | 308 | 45 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 194 | 145 | 28 | 99 | 20 | 191 | 145 | 28 | 97 | 20 | 481 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 8 | ... | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | 5 |
| Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 5 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 |
| ,, Pyrexia | 10 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 8 | ... | ... | 8 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 8 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 9 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
| Malaria | 8 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 6 | 1 | ... | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Measles | 234 | 6 | 78 | 138 | 9 | 3 | ... | ... | 105 | 10 | 71 | 46 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Whooping Cough | 401 | 51 | 194 | 153 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 250 | 66 | 46 | 35 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | ... | 31 | |
| Diarrhœa | 72 | 37 | 35 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 62 | 5 | 3 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 17 | 17 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | ... | 1 | 9 | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | 6 | ... | 10 |
| Tuberculosis, Pulmonary | 146 | ... | 1 | 22 | 34 | 47 | 37 | 5 | 62 | 36 | 13 | 33 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 6 | ... | 33 |
| „ Non-Pulmonary | 46 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 2 | ... | 20 | 12 | 6 | 8 | ... | 11 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ... | 18 |
| Pneumonia, Acute Primary, or Acute Influenzal | 145 | 8 | 38 | 26 | 16 | 32 | 19 | 6 | 38 | 31 | 30 | 45 | 1 | 12 | 17 | 14 | 25 | ... | 68 |
| Totals | 2098 | 134 | 564 | 955 | 176 | 165 | 86 | 18 | 952 | 463 | 257 | 377 | 49 | 448 | 325 | 98 | 234 | 38 | 1143 |
(h) Cases of Infectious Disease are treated in the Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, whose Brook Hospital is situated in Kidbrooke.